Publications

Refereed Publications and conference papers

Kennell, J. (2012 – in press) ‘After the Crisis: Cultural Tourism and Urban Regeneration in Europe’ in Richards, G. & Smith, M.Handbook of Cultural Tourism, London: Routledge

Bladen, C., Kennell, J,, Abson, E. & Wilde, N. (2012) Events Management: An Introduction, Abingdon: Routledge

Symon, G. & Kennell, J. (2011) Configurations of Localism: Towards a critical research agenda? paper given at the 15th Annual Dilemmas International Research Conference: Dilemmas for Human Services, 1-2 September 2011, London

Bladen, C. & Kennell, J. (2011) Slaves become masters: the future of volunteering in events management education, paper given at Redefining the student experience: new directions for teaching, learning and assessment conference, University of Greenwich, 5th July 2011

Kennell, J. (2011) ‘Rediscovering cultural tourism : Cultural regeneration in seaside towns’ in Journal of Town and City Management, Vol.1, No.4

Kennell, J. & Chaperon, C. (2010) Seaside Towns and Local Enterprise Partnerships: Domestic Tourism in a Core Periphery Context, paper given at the 2010 conference of the Association for Tourism in Higher Education conference, 1-3 December 2010, Canterbury, UK

Kennell, J. & Sitz, R. (2010) ‘Greening Bonnaroo: Exploring the rhetoric and reality of a sustainable festival through micro-ethnographic methods’ in the proceedings of the Global Events Congress IV, 14-16 July 2010, Leeds, UK.

Kennell, J. (2010) Symbolic Cities: cultural regeneration, branding and representation in urban development, LAP

Kennell, J. & Rykalski (2010) ‘Images of the liminal: understanding the seaside promenade through the lens of Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project’, paper given at the Liminal Landscapes conference, Liverpool John Moores University, July 2010

Kennell, J., Booth, E. & Bladen, C. (eds.) (2009) People, Place Enterprise: Proceedings of the first annual conference on Olympic Legacy, Greenwich: GUP

Kennell, J. & Macleod, N. (2009) ‘A grey literature review of the Cultural Olympiad’ in Cultural Trends, Vol.18, No.1, pp.83-88

Kennell, J. (2008) The rediscovery of seaside culture in Kent, UK, paper given at the Regional Studies Association ‘Developing Tourist Destinations’ seminar in Aalborg, Denmark, 26-28th November 2008

Kennell, J. & MacLeod, N. (2008) A memetic framework for understanding and evaluating the Cultural Olympiad of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games in Wu, B. & Dang, N. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Tourism Studies Association Conference, Shanghai, 6-9th November 2008, ITSA: Beijing

Kennell, J. (2008) Symbolic violence by the seaside, paper given at the Association for Tourism and Leisure Education annual conference, 2-4th July 2008, Brighton, UK

Kennell, J. (2008) Review of Ashbourne, D. (2007) ‘Regulating the night’ in Journal of Cultural Geography, Vol. 25, No.1

Kennell, J. (2007) ‘Arts-led Regeneration and Community Cohesion: A study of Folkestone, Kent’ in Holmes, K., Slater, A. & Robinson, M. (eds.) ‘Sport, Leisure, Culture and Social Capital: Discourse and Practice’, Eastbourne: LSA

Kennell, J (2005) Clive Barnett’s Culture, Media and Democracy – Review in Political Geography, Volume 24, Issue 6, August 2005, Pages 772-774

Non-refereed publications, talks and media appearances

March 2012, Keynote presentation to the annual Thanet College teaching and learning conference ‘Further Education and Local Economic Development’

November 2011, talk for the Olympic Park Legacy Company on the tourism legacy of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

November 2011, interview for Channel 4 TV News on the financial crisis at Thomas Cook.

March 2011, interview by the BBC on the UK government’s tourism policy, used on the BBC1 Politics Show South East and on a regional news programme.

February 2011: Invited presentation to the Canterbury Christchurch University campus network meeting, on ‘Regeneration, Higher Education and the Knowledge Economy’

December 2010: Presentation on Seaside Towns and Local Enterprise Partnerships given at a Seasider network meeting at the Department for Communities and Local Government

November 2010: Invited presentation to a group of visiting Japanese researchers on cultural regeneration and social impacts

March 2010: ‘Time for Kent to Think Big on Tourism’, article on developing regional tourism in Kent for Kent Profile Magazine

14th February 2010 Appearance on the BBC 1 TV ‘Politics Show South East’ to discuss regeneration and the recession, focusing on Brighton and Hastings.

26th January 2010 Interviewed for BBC Newsroom South East about the regeneration of Margate, Kent and how the town will fare in the recession

January 2010: Review of Poynter & MacRury’s book ‘Olympic cities: 2012 and the remaking of London’ (Ashgate) for New Start Magazine, a publication for those working in the regeneration and community development sectors

7th October 2009: Invited blog piece: ‘Seaside Art Leaves Locals Beached’ for New Start Magazine’s website

May 2009: ‘Five Pound Pint: Can tourism be a new driver for regeneration’ in the journal of the British Urban Regeneration Association

22nd March 2009: Interview on BBC1 TV’s ‘The politics show southeast’ about regional tourism and the recession

February 2009: ‘That’s entertainment!’ an article about seaside cultural regeneration in Kent Profile magazine

23rd November 2008: Interview on BBC1 TV’s ‘politics show south east’ about the regeneration of Margate, Kent

I have also been interviewed by the Telegraph newspaper, Business Week and Associated French Press on subjects concerning culture and regeneration.